|
|
|
|
HB5732 Engrossed |
|
LRB096 19055 HLH 34446 b |
|
|
| 1 |
| AN ACT concerning finance.
|
| 2 |
| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
|
| 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
|
| 4 |
| Section 5. The Downstate Public Transportation Act is |
| 5 |
| amended by changing Section 2-5.1 as follows:
|
| 6 |
| (30 ILCS 740/2-5.1) |
| 7 |
| Sec. 2-5.1. Additional requirements. |
| 8 |
| (a) Any unit of local government that becomes a participant |
| 9 |
| on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the |
| 10 |
| 94th General Assembly shall, in addition to any other |
| 11 |
| requirements under this Article, meet all of the following |
| 12 |
| requirements when applying for grants under this Article:
|
| 13 |
| (1) The grant application must demonstrate the |
| 14 |
| participant's plan to provide general public |
| 15 |
| transportation with an emphasis on elderly, disabled, and |
| 16 |
| economically disadvantaged populations. |
| 17 |
| (2) The grant application must demonstrate the |
| 18 |
| participant's plan for interagency coordination that, at a |
| 19 |
| minimum, allows the participation of all State-funded and |
| 20 |
| federally-funded agencies and programs with transportation |
| 21 |
| needs in the proposed service area in the development of |
| 22 |
| the applicant's public transportation program. |
| 23 |
| (3) Any participant serving a nonurbanized area that is |
|
|
|
HB5732 Engrossed |
- 2 - |
LRB096 19055 HLH 34446 b |
|
|
| 1 |
| not receiving Federal Section 5311 funding must meet the |
| 2 |
| operating and safety compliance requirements as set forth |
| 3 |
| in that federal program. |
| 4 |
| (4) The participant is required to hold public hearings |
| 5 |
| to allow comment on the proposed service plan in all |
| 6 |
| municipalities with populations of 1,500 inhabitants or |
| 7 |
| more within the proposed service area. |
| 8 |
| (b) Service extensions by any participant after July 1, |
| 9 |
| 2005 by either annexation or intergovernmental agreement must |
| 10 |
| meet the 4 requirements of subsection (a). |
| 11 |
| (c) In order to receive funding, the Department shall |
| 12 |
| certify that the participant has met the requirements of this |
| 13 |
| Section. Funding priority shall be given to service extension, |
| 14 |
| multi-county, and multi-jurisdictional projects. |
| 15 |
| (d) The Department shall develop an application process for |
| 16 |
| funding in new service areas. The application shall seek |
| 17 |
| information from potential applicants that includes, but is not |
| 18 |
| limited to, a description of the proposed service in the new |
| 19 |
| area and a budget for providing that service. The application |
| 20 |
| must also contain the information described in item (1) of |
| 21 |
| subsection (a) of this Section. The Department shall certify |
| 22 |
| that the applicant has met the requirements of this Section and |
| 23 |
| shall submit an appropriation for the applicant that is equal |
| 24 |
| to 65% of eligible operating expenses of an approved budget for |
| 25 |
| the applicant's new service area. If the applicant is an |
| 26 |
| existing participant that is extending its service area, either |
|
|
|
HB5732 Engrossed |
- 3 - |
LRB096 19055 HLH 34446 b |
|
|
| 1 |
| by annexation or intergovernmental agreement, then, in the |
| 2 |
| first fiscal year following the extension of the service area, |
| 3 |
| that participant's appropriation shall exceed its 10% annual |
| 4 |
| growth by an amount equal to 65% of eligible operating expenses |
| 5 |
| of its approved budget for the new service area. |
| 6 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-70, eff. 6-22-05.)
|